Toilet paper holder



Jain.- 8, 1935. G. E. NOFFSINGER 1,987,154

TOILET PAPER HOLDER Filed Feb. 24, 1954 '1 I k E q 3 l8,

IN IfEN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

Li /9F- Z9 Patented Jan. 8, 1935 H v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE; I1,987,154 7 2' TOILET PAPER" HOLDER,

George E. Noffsinger, Elkhart, Ind. Application February 24,1934, SerialNo. 712,806

8 Claims. (01. 2i2-55.-2)

My inventionrelates to toilet room fixtures, and made .of sufficientlength t prevent Casual particularly to devices .for supporting a toiletlodgment of the paper roll therefrom.

paper roll. To impart semirigidity to the bracket arms 3 The principalobject of my invention is to proand 4, w i h is v ry imp r a t in this hld 5 vide a resilient non-metallic holder for toilet unite reinforcingmetal elbow p ably 5 paper rolls. p, i, made of flat or strip sheetmetal,is molded or Another object is to provide an improved. toilet Vuld W in the arm unit, e leg 017 d paper roll holder which comprises apair of reelbow being molded within the bracket arm, and silient softrubber supporting arms provided with the ot e leg t reof being melded Wt the 10 confronting trunnions adapted to carry the paper inner d o e 1whereby the major 10 roll. portion of the supporting arms 1 and 2 remainA third object of the invention is to provide an fully resilienta elbOWleg Which is molded improved holder of the character described in Withina b a a 3 y he Provided which a pair of reinforced soft rubber paperroll With a p of rew o s 11 and 12 which ssupporting arms areincorporated. ter with suitable holes 13' in the rubber to admit 15Other and more specific bjects of th i enthe passage of fastener screws14 to secure the tion are mentioned and d s ribed h i arm members to thewall 5. Each of the elbows The invention is illustrated in theaccompany- 10 y be p v d also With oles 15 to enable ing drawing,wherein the plastic rubber to fuse therethrough during Figure 1illustrates a top plan view of my i the vulcanization thereof tomaintain the, juxta- 20 proved toilet paper r 11 hom r it; position ofthe elbow within the arm unit."

Figure 2 illustrates a side view of one of the In the mod fica o ted inFigure 6 t e holder arms; 7 soft rubber arms 1 and 2 areintegrallyconnected Figure 3 illustrates a plan view of the holder y asoft bber b dy Section thereby p arm broken away to disclose thereinforcing elbow ing a one piece soft rubber unit holder in which 25therein, as suggested by the section line 3-3; a sheet metal reinforcingmember 17 is embed- Figures 4 and 5 illustrate two views of the reinchend of id r nf r in m b r t rmiforcing elbow; and nating in an elbow orarm 18 which extends into Figure 6 illustrates a modified form of the anarm 1 2 fer a pertien y of the length of holder invention. the latter.In this modification the body 16 and 30 Similar numerals of referenceindicate like member 7 a e Su b y p tu a 8 to admit parts throughout theseveral views on the drawthe application of a fastener w, 1" Screws,ing. therethrough.

Referring now to the details of the drawing the It will be evident fromthe foregoi that numerals 1 and 2 indicate a pair of cooperating theresiliency of the soft rubber arms 1 and 2 35 opposed toilet papersupporti-ng'arms, preferably will enable the ready application of apaper molded from soft rubber to impart resiliency T011 t0 thecehfrohtil'lg Il i 6 and 7 as thereto, each of said arms being providedwith an Well as the easy and rapid removal of the roll integrallaterally projecting bracket arm, as-incore 8 therefrom afterconsumption of the pa- 40 dicated by the numerals 3 and 4, respectively,said per from the roll. 40 bracket arms being adapted to be fastened toa It will be evident too that my improved, soft toilet room wall 5, 'orany other suitable element. rubber paper roll holder may be made in anyas hereinafter described. desired color to match the color of a toilet,room The soft rubber arms 1 and 2 are each provided or the fixturestherein, thereby appealing to the with an integral soft rubber trunnion,as indicataesthetic sense. 45

ed by the numerals 6 and 7, respectively, which I claim:

trunnions are in axial confronting relation when 1. A paper roll holdercomprising a pair of rethe said arms are mounted in operative position,silient non-metallic supporting arms, each of said trunnions projectingfrom-theouter end of said arms being provided with an integral latsaidarms toward each other and are adapted to erally, projecting paper rolltrunnion adjacent 50 carry the tubular open end paper'core 8 of a toiletthe outer end thereof and an integral angular paper roll 9. Preferably,the arm trunnions 6 interiorly reinforced bracket arm at the oppoand '7are molded solid with the arm element and site end thereof.

formed cylindrically to permit the roll core 8 to 2. A paper roll holdercomprising a pair of rotate thereon. And the trunnions 6 and 7 areresilient non-metallic supporting arms, each of 55 said arms beingprovided withan integral laterally projecting paper roll trunnionadjacent the outer end thereof and an integral angular interiorlyreinforcedcbracket arm at the opposite end thereof, said bracket arm andreinforcing element embedded in said supporting arm and the bracket armthereof. V

4. In a paper roll holder. a one piece resilient soft rubber supportingarm provided with an integral laterally projecting trunnion at the outerend thereof and an angularbracket arm at the other end thereof, saidbracket arm having a re inforeing element embedded therein.

5. A paper roll holder which comprises a one {piece resilient softrubber body and alpair of spaced supporting arms integral therewith andprojecting angularly therefrom, said supporting .arms being providedwith integral confronting paper roll trunnions, and reinforcing means,em bedded in said body" portion.

6. A paper roll holder comprising a pair of resilient non-metallicsupporting arms, each of said arms being provided with an integrallaterally projecting paper roll trunnion adjacent the outer endthereofand an integral angular bracket arm at the opposite end thereof, andreinforcing means embedded in each of said arms and the bracket armthereof.

'7. A paper roll holder which comprises a one piece resilient softrubber body and a pair of spaced supporting arms integral therewith andprojecting angularly therefrom, said supporting arms being provided withintegral confronting paper roll trunnions, and reinforcing meansembedded in said body portion and extending into each supporting arm.

8. A paper roll holder comprising a pair of resilient non-metallicsupporting arms, each of said arms being provided with an integrallaterally projecting paper roll trunnion adjacent the outer end thereofand an integral angular bracket arm at the opposite 'end thereof, andreinforcing means embedded in each of said supporting arms and thebracket arm thereof, each bracket arm and its reinforcing means beingprovided with one or more registering apertures to receive fastenermembers.

GEORGE E.- NOFFSINGER.

